October 24, 2016 7:52 AM

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Lithuania: Centrist agrarian party makes shock triumph in parliament polls

In Lithuania, a centrist agrarian party that was previously represented by a single parliamentarian has won a shock victory in parliament elections. <br/><br/>With nearly all the results from the second round now in, the Lithuanian Peasants and Green Union (LPGU) has won nearly 40 per cent of the seats. <br/><br/>The LPGU will now seek to form a coalition government. It will do so either with the opposition Homeland Union or with the left-of-centre Social Democrats. <br/><br/>The State Election Commission told that the LPGU won 54 seats in the 141-member parliament, the Homeland Union won 31 seats while the Social Democrats, the main party in the previous administration, won 17 seats.

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